"I go to compliance before I ever arrange a trip," Manziel said of his ventures to NBA games, the Super Bowl and even Mardi Gras in New Orleans. "Two weeks before the Super Bowl, I had already talked to compliance to set it up with who I was going with, where I was staying, how we were paying for it - everything."

Manziel, who's taking all online courses this semester to avoid creating a commotion on campus, is a sports management major, but he might consider pestering the university for college credit concerning compliance - with an emphasis on the NCAA.

Of late, college sports' governing body has chimed in on the newest issue concerning the effervescent Manziel: Whether student-athletes will be able to cash in on lawsuits concerning alleged trademark infringements.

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Manziel, the former Kerrville Tivy star who is represented by two Tyler attorneys, has filed a lawsuit against Eric Vaughan claiming an infringement on Manziel's "Johnny Football" nickname. The lawsuit claims Vaughan was selling T-shirts emblazoned with, "Keep Calm and Johnny Football" starting last November.

According to the Southeast Texas Record, "JMAN2 Enterprises is asking the court for injunctive relief and an award of damages for the unlawful sale of goods, exemplary damages, attorneys' fees, interest and court costs."

The Manziel family trademarked "Johnny Football" last fall. The NCAA has informed A&M that Manziel, 20, will be able to keep any potential earnings from the lawsuit. The NCAA added in its initial declaration to the university that such a ruling certainly doesn't mean a student-athlete can sue an individual - say a booster of his school - with the intent of the defendant then channeling money to the student-athlete via a schemed lawsuit and ensuing payout.

"The NCAA specifically said Manziel has a right to keep any winnings from a civil proceeding as a private entity, but if it was an orchestrated event enabling a cash flow to the student-athlete, that would be a violation of NCAA rules," said Shane Hinckley, A&M's vice president for business development. "They called that out from the beginning."

In other A&M quarterback news, Manziel's backup, Jameill Showers, said Tuesday he intends to transfer to UTEP this summer following his graduation from A&M. He will be eligible immediately as a UTEP graduate student and will have two years remaining to play after redshirting at A&M in 2010.

The Aggies play host to the Miners on Nov. 2 in a non-conference contest that likely will pit close friends Manziel and Showers, who competed for A&M's starting gig deep into training camp last August.